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The Nature of Early Solar System and Presolar materials (opens in new tab)
Houston, TX · United States
Closes in 3 days
ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Mineralogy of Fine-Grained Extraterrestrial Materials (opens in new tab)
Houston, TX · United States
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ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
The Origin of Modified Optical Properties of Natural and Experimental Space-Weathered Materials (opens in new tab)
Houston, TX · United States
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ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Advanced Solid State Lithium-Sulfur Battery Electrochemistry and Materials Development (opens in new tab)
Cleveland, OH · United States
Closes in 3 days
ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Solar System: Development of Protocols and Techniques for Analysis of Planetary Materials and Analogs Using Laser Mass Spectrometry (opens in new tab)
Greenbelt, MD · United States
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ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Computational Materials Science for In-Space Welding, Joining, and Additive Manufacturing (opens in new tab)
Huntsville, AL · United States
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ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Planetary Science: Geochemistry and Geochronology of Planetary Materials (opens in new tab)
Greenbelt, MD · United States
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ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PhD position (Photocatalytic membranes for contaminant removal) - Multiple positions are available (opens in new tab)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen · Germany
This PhD project builds on ongoing research projects in the area of photocatalytic membranes at IAMT. Current work will be expanded to (select) novel materials and membrane preparation methods for photocatalytic membran…
Deadline Dec 31, 2026
DAAD PhDGermany · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PhD position (Novel nanofiltration membranes for contaminant removal) - Multiple positions are available (opens in new tab)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen · Germany
This PhD project builds on ongoing research projects in the area of Nanofiltration for Contaminant Removal at IAMT. Novel nanofiltration membrane materials will be examined with the target of achieving perfect / good re…
Deadline Dec 31, 2026
DAAD PhDGermany · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Analysis of Ore Materials Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Critical Minerals Processing (opens in new tab)
Morgantown, WV · United States
Deadline Dec 31, 2026
ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 10 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
EGFP (STEM Education): Targeted STEM PhD Production at UAH –Aerospace Materials & Structures (opens in new tab)
University of Alabama in Huntsville · United States
Deadline Jun 30, 2028
NSF ETAP · US traineeships
EGFP: STEM Workforce Development in Materials Research (opens in new tab)
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · United States
Deadline Jul 15, 2028
NSF ETAP · US traineeships
Doctoral Position (f/m/x) Chemistry - N2 Reduction through TiO2 Aerogels (opens in new tab)
University of Cologne · Cologne · Germany
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesDoctoral Position (f/m/x) Chemistry - N2 Reduction through TiO2 AerogelsInstitut of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry We are one of the largest and oldest universities in Europ…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PRISM programme - PhD student in materials science and electrochemistry for Project STREAM (MSCA COFUND) (opens in new tab)
ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS - PSL · Paris · France
*PRISM programme*The PRISM (PhD Research Programme for International Training in Sustainable Soft Matter) programme has launched its first call for applications, offering up to 14 fully funded PhD fellowships starting f…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Phd Position : Moirés of orthorhombic van der Waals magnets (opens in new tab)
COFUND QuanG · France
General Scope:Moiré physics, arising from the twist between two van der Waals (vdW) monolayers, has opened new routes to engineer electronic, optical, and magnetic properties in 2D materials. While most studies focus on…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
CeNT-40-2026 (opens in new tab)
University of Warsaw · University of Warsaw · Poland
CeNT- 40-2026 Director of Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw, with the Project Leader, announce opening of the competition for the position of PhD Student in Materials and Processes Simulation Labora…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PhD Position : Superconductivity and charge-density waves in Kagome Lattices (opens in new tab)
COFUND QuanG · France
General Scope: The kagome lattice (see Fig. 1A) has long attracted attention to the quantummaterials community. Originally, the focus was on insulating frustrated magnets in the search fora quantum spin liquid state. Mo…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PhD scholarship in Development and Modelling of Natural Fibre Over-Moulding Process (opens in new tab)
Technical University Of Denmark · Technical University of Denmark · Denmark
If you are building your career as a scientist in advanced manufacturing, materials innovation, or simulation/data‑driven process modelling – and you are looking for a PhD position where your work can shape the sustaina…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
PhD student - Bioinformatics (opens in new tab)
Biofyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR, v. v. i. · Brno · Czech Republic
Management of Biofyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.,Královopolská 2590/135, 612 00 Brnoannounces a selection procedureJob title: PhD student - BioinformaticsScientific department: Department of Biophysics of Immune SystemP…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Assistant Professor (opens in new tab)
Jan Kochanowski University · Poland
Requirements:1) Holding a doctoral degree in the discipline of medical science and health science2) Possession of publication achievements in the discipline of medical science and health science in highly rated journals…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Assistant Professor (opens in new tab)
Jan Kochanowski University · Poland
Requirements:1) Holding a doctoral degree in the discipline of medical science and health science2) Possession of publication achievements in the discipline of medical science and health science in highly rated journals…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
First Level Doctorate Researcher in the scientific areas of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science and Eng, others (CDL-CTTRI-131-SGRH/2026) at University of Aveiro (opens in new tab)
Universty of Aveiro · University of Aveiro · Portugal
Public notice Ref.ª CDL-CTTRI-131-SGRH/2026 — Doutor Artur Manuel Soares da Silva, Full Professor and Rector of the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that for a period of 10 business days, starting on the first bus…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Quantum Device R&D engineer (opens in new tab)
IMEC · Leuven · Belgium
What you will doThe Quantum Device Team at imec is looking for candidates to join our efforts to help integrate and characterize ultra-high performance Spin Qubit devices using imec’s advanced semiconductor manufacturin…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Photonic Materials Chief Specialist (F/M) (opens in new tab)
Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics · Warsaw · Poland
Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (Łukasiewicz-IMiF) conducts the research and development in the field of advanced microelectronic and photonic technologies. It has unique techn…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled
Battery-grade materials recovery from primary and secondary sources through innovative technologies (MBAT) (opens in new tab)
Universitat Politecnica de Cataunya · Spain · Spain
We are looking for a motivated PhD student to develop processing routes to recovery critical elements linked to the ELV batteries from secondary resources. The PhD will be developed within the framework of the HORIZON-C…
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EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled